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HMM<br />

Assessment Study<br />

Report: CDF-20(A)<br />

February 2004<br />

page 369 of 422<br />

The first trade-off studied is the selection of roles and responsibilities between the ascent vehicle<br />

MAV and the orbiter.<br />

There are two main options:<br />

• MAV passive target, orbiter active chaser. This option leads to a slow RvD with a low<br />

MAV precision injection. It has a medium to low autonomy and the ascent crew has a<br />

strong dependency from orbiter crew<br />

• MAV active chaser, orbiter passive target: This option leads to a fast RvD. It requires<br />

a high MAV precision injection. It leads to a high degrees of autonomy.<br />

For safety reasons, the second option was selected. Hence, the MAV is the active chaser, and the<br />

orbiter is the passive target. However, both vehicles will remain three-axis stabilized during all<br />

maneuvres.<br />

The second trade-off is about the establishment of the rendezvous manoeuvring strategy. There<br />

are in essence three possible strategies: direct rendezvous, long rendezvous and short<br />

rendezvous. These are as shown in Figure 4-105.<br />

Direct Rv Long Rv Short Rv<br />

Rv Point Rv Point<br />

• 1 1 ascent ascent arc<br />

arc<br />

• 1 1 orbit orbit arc<br />

arc<br />

• 2 2 ascent ascent arcs<br />

arcs<br />

• 1 1 intermediate intermediate orbit<br />

orbit<br />

• 1 1 orbit orbit arc<br />

arc<br />

Figure 4-105: Rendezvous strategies<br />

Rv Point<br />

• 1 1 Lambert Lambert arc<br />

arc<br />

• N-times N-times times MCC<br />

MCC<br />

• 1 1 orbit orbit arc<br />

arc<br />

The Figure 4-106 and Figure 4-107 provide a list of the advantages and disadvantages of each of<br />

these strategies.

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